(keitai-l) Re: Brew Browser

Yeah, but the current Flash Mobile stuff is Flash 4 .. this is the same
mistake Macromedia make with Director and the 3DO box.  It needs to be 5
or MX.  No one programs in 4.

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:keitai-l-
> bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of David Harper
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:16 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Brew Browser
> 
> With advances in Flash mobile clients the doors to new applications
will
> come flying open. Just as cHTML empowered individuals to create
content
> in Japan, Flash has the potential to further expand the developer
> community.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:41pm, William Volk wrote:
> > Given the 'fine' job the folks building the various J2ME VM's
(testing,
> > what a concept) ... I'd welcome a real Flash client ... 5.0 or 6.0.
> >
> > For one, you can write VERY small Flash applications ... and they
scale
> > to different sized displays nicely.
> >
> > See:  http://www.the5k.org/winners.asp/y=2002/t=6  (some of these
are
> > flash)
> >
> > ... for some examples.
> >
> > Bill Volk
> > Bonus Mobile
> >
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:keitai-l-
> >>
> >>  On Mar 26, 2004, at 12:27 PM, keitai-l@appelsiini.net wrote:
> >>
> >>  > Your post provided me the opportunity to
> >>  > express MY OPINION. I stand by my comments.
> >>
> >>  I think my attitude is this:
> >>
> >>  anything that provides new functionality for the user is likely to
> >>  drive handset sales, usually towards ever more capable handsets.
> >>
> >>  I assume this Brew stuff will require a decent handset to run on.
That
> >>  is, generally a "good thing".
> >>
> >>
> >>  Do I want a phone TO display flash? No - I am not even sure I want
a
> >>  browser for that...
> >>
> >>  But if the only way a phone can display flash is to have a
stonking
> > cpu
> >>  on board, decent local storage and a high end screen, then I am
all
> > for
> >>  it - because lots of "cool new stuff" can use those resources to
do
> >>  "cool new things" - and market them to an ever larger number of
people
> >>  who have upgraded their handset under the sad misapprehension that
> >>  people who really need to edit Word documents on their keitai are
> > still
> >>  in possession of a life...
> >>
> >>  In other words, being able to access legacy formats isn't just a
good
> >>  thing in itself, it drives handset technology and probably sales -
and
> >>  that is a good thing even for people at the bleeding edge.
> >>
> >>  Luddism: Think of it this way: a machine to replace a weaver is -
er -
> >>  jolly useful... But a  machine that can EMULATE a weaver in
software -
> >>  wow - my personal "weaver emulation" needs  currently hover around
> >>  zero, ('though I hear tell Granny thinks she needs it) -  but I
can
> >>  certainly use the hardware/storage such a preposterous feat
implies...
> >>
> >>
> >>  Nick
> >>
> >>
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